The UEFA 2017 qualifying group stage draw will be drawn on Thursday 5 February, with 52 teams split into six seeding pots. Wales are Pot D. "I'm excited and really looking forward to the draw. We're positioned in Pot D so we know that there's going to be tough games ahead." - manager Geraint Williams.

• The 52 nations will be drawn into nine groups – seven sections of six teams and two of five.

• The sides have been split into six seeding pots based on the coefficient ranking system.

• The nine group winners will qualify automatically for the 2017 finals in Poland.

• The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs and be drawn into two ties to decide the last two qualifiers for the expanded 12-country finals.